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Facing criticism over her muted response to the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Thursday condemned those "tragic and unthinkable" events and blasted "neo-Nazis and other racist … Click to Continue »

Among the paintings and photographs that decorate Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' sunlit, spacious office is the framed roll call from her Senate confirmation. It's a stark reminder of the bruising … Click to Continue »

Among the paintings and photographs that decorate Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' sunlit, spacious office is the framed roll call from her Senate confirmation. It's a stark reminder of the bruising … Click to Continue »

A transcript of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' interview with The Associated Press, conducted last Wednesday in her office: ___ AP: President Trump has talked a lot about undoing some of … Click to Continue »

In an interview with The Associated Press, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos spoke about a range of subjects, from for-profit schools to sexual assault on college campuses. Some of her comments: … Click to Continue »

Betsy DeVos didn’t divest her multi-million dollar stake in a controversial “brain training” company when she became Donald Trump’s education secretary. Now, as the Better Business Bureau is accusing the company of making unsubstantiated claims in its advertising, financial records show DeVos has...

After barely surviving her confirmation battle and facing sporadic protests during visits to schools, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos could hardly have teed up a more fraught, emotional and divisive issue to launch her tenure: campus sexual assault. Though almost no one is happy with the Obama...

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was criticized earlier this year for saying that historically black institutions were pioneers of school-choice, making her unpopular with some African-Americans, even being booed while visiting a college.

While the Secretary of Education, Betsy “we don’t need no education” DeVos, is off trying to convince parents that turning their kids’ public schools into a privatization free-for-all is in their best interests, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) just scored 40,000 more educators to support public schools. Show More Summary

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Wednesday distanced herself from her comment earlier this year about the nation's historically black colleges and universities being pioneers of school choice, saying that in … Click to Continue »

The president of one of the country’s largest teachers unions is again calling out Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, and she’s not mincing words. Randi Weingarten, who leads the 1.6 million-member American Federation of Teachers, told Salon writer and podcast host Chauncey DeVega...

Her cagey silence says federal money could be funneled to private and religious schools that exclude LGBT students.
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was back in her hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan, this week, for some meetings,Show More Summary

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is backing down on a major planned change to student loan payments. DeVos had proposed to funnel all federal student loan payments through a single company, claiming it would be all simple and tax-dollar-saving. Show More Summary

Journalist Lisa Miller has a hostile 5,500-word profile of "bully" Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos in the July 24 edition of New York magazine, complete with cloying, cutesy “portraits” of DeVos (none particularly gentle-looking) “commissioned” from schoolchildren. Show More Summary

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos may destroy America’s education system through a combination of underfunding, privatization, and discrimination. But if we can get through the Trump-DeVos years, the rebuilding process may be easier because...Show More Summary